Summer seafood recipes

With the weather heating up and an abundance of fresh seafood on offer, it’s high time for a feast. An Aussie summer just isn’t complete without just-cooked prawns, calamari, salmon and fish, whether they’re battered and fried, grilled or marinated. Here, the Gourmet Traveller food team has compiled a range of summer-perfect seafood dishes to suit everyone from calamari and green mango salad to herbed ocean trout en croûte.

Ceviche of Australian seafood with rocoto

Ceviche of Australian seafood with rocoto

Chermoula flathead with eggplant and tahini yoghurt

Chermoula flathead with eggplant and tahini yoghurt

Potted trout with dill cucumbers

Potted trout with dill cucumbers

Melting salmon in fragrant salt, tarator style

Melting salmon in fragrant salt, tarator style

Yabby croquettes with romesco

Yabby croquettes with romesco

Crumbed calamari with lemon and saffron aïoli

Crumbed calamari with lemon and saffron aïoli

Kingfish, fennel and chilli ricciutelli

Kingfish, fennel and chilli ricciutelli

Kingfish ceviche with young coconut and lime

Kingfish ceviche with young coconut and lime

Gin-cured ocean trout with herb crust

Gin-cured ocean trout with herb crust

Grilled John Dory with zucchini and frisée salad

Grilled John Dory with zucchini and frisée salad

Barbecued calamari with chickpeas and preserved lemon (Calamares asado)

Barbecued calamari with chickpeas and preserved lemon (Calamares asado)

Kingfish with pique boricua and coriander arepas

Kingfish with pique boricua and coriander arepas

Barbecued snapper in banana leaves with sambal belacan

Barbecued snapper in banana leaves with sambal belacan

Soy-glazed barbecued prawns with cabbage and daikon salad and chilled soba

Soy-glazed barbecued prawns with cabbage and daikon salad and chilled soba

Spaghetti con pesce d’acqua dolce (spaghetti with freshwater fish)

Spaghetti con pesce d’acqua dolce (spaghetti with freshwater fish)

Herbed ocean trout en croûte

Herbed ocean trout en croûte

Shredded snapper, lime, coriander and avocado flatbread

Shredded snapper, lime, coriander and avocado flatbread

Seafood paella with alioli

Seafood paella with alioli

Kimchi and crab pancake with banchan

Kimchi and crab pancake with banchan

Soft prawn tacos with coleslaw, avocado and coriander

Soft prawn tacos with coleslaw, avocado and coriander

Scallops with sugna and caper breadcrumbs

Scallops with sugna and caper breadcrumbs

Mulloway crudo with shaved fennel, pickled shallots and lemon

Mulloway crudo with shaved fennel, pickled shallots and lemon

Calamari and green mango salad

Calamari and green mango salad

Scandinavian seafood feast

Scandinavian seafood feast

Seafood and saffron soup

Seafood and saffron soup

Seafood ‘cartoccio’

Seafood ‘cartoccio’

Seafood salad with herb dressing

Seafood salad with herb dressing

A fillet of white fish on a plate with white sauce and potatoes. There is a mint green background. — Photo: Chris Court

Hellenika’s Corfu Bianco with John Dory, potatoes and onions

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